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Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has announced an August 29th Digital HD and September 19th disc and rental VOD release dates for the home video release of “Wonder Woman”.

The film will be coming to every major format there is – Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D Combo Pack, Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and Digital.

The Ultra HD Blu-ray features a 4K with HDR of the film, the 3D Combo Pack has the film in both 2D and 3D regular Blu-ray, the Blu-ray Combo Pack has both the regular Blu-ray and the DVD version. Each will include a Dolby Atmos soundtrack and a digital version of the movie with UltraViolet.

Special Features are as follows:

— Epilogue: Etta’s Mission – Etta Candy gets the boys back together for a secret mission that could impact humanity’s future. (Blu-ray only).

— Extended Scenes

— Blooper Reel

— Crafting the Wonder – Wonder Woman finally comes to life in her first, breathtaking solo film. Explore the journey to create an adventure worthy of DC’s greatest warrior.

— A Director’s Vision: Five featurettes (“Themyscira: The Hidden Island,” “Beach Battle,” “A Photograph Through Time,” “Diana in the Modern World,” “Wonder Woman at War”) allow you to join director Patty Jenkins as she takes you on an exclusive journey through the film’s most pivotal and exciting moments.

— Warriors of Wonder Woman: Witness the creation of the Amazon army as the women of “Wonder Woman” transform emotionally and physically into the world’s most powerful and heroic warriors.

— The Trinity – Filmmakers and comic book creators explore the legend of Wonder Woman and how she stands shoulder to shoulder with Superman and Batman to create the pillars of the DC Universe.

— The Wonder Behind the Camera – Meet the women behind the wonder as they welcome a group of aspiring filmmakers on set for an exclusive, once-in-a-lifetime experience.

— Finding the Wonder Woman Within – Feel the power of Wonder Woman as award-winning poets and inspiring public figures reveal the impact and importance of DC’s greatest heroine.

More information from EW’s new “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” issue today, this time dealing with the late Carrie Fisher’s General Leia and her arc for the film.

Director Rian Johnson says Leia has been defined by loss throughout the whole “Star Wars” saga, starting with the loss of Alderaan. With her husband now dead at the hands of her son, the suffering she’s gone through will be touched upon:

“She’s just taken hit after hit, and she’s borne it, and she focuses on moving forward and the task at hand… watching the film, there’s going to be a very emotional reaction to what she does in this movie.”

Oscar Isaac’s Poe Dameron becomes “in some ways a surrogate son for Leia” says the actor as she also sees Poe as someone with the potential to become a great leader of the Resistance and so encourages him in that direction. Isaac says:

“Poe’s arc is one of evolving from a heroic soldier to a seasoned leader, to see beyond the single-mindedness of winning the battle to the larger picture of the future of the galaxy. I think Leia knows she won’t be around forever and she, with tough love, wants to push Poe to be more than the badass pilot, to temper his heroic impulses with wisdom and clarity.”

The Resistance itself meanwhile has changed, they’re now more akin to the Rebel Alliance indicates Johnson:

“A small band that’s now cut off, on its own, and hunted when the Republic is shattered… [they’re] isolated, and they’re very, very vulnerable. [They’re] put in a pressure cooker right away, and relationships crack and strain under that pressure.”

Despite Fisher’s death, her role will not be retroactively changed and those involved say her impact will be felt for years to come.

Rapper Krondon (aka Marvin Jones III) has been cast as Tobias Whale, the ‘big bad’ of the first season of The CW’s new DC Comics inspired series “Black Lightning”.

Whale, an African-American man with albinism, is the leader of Freeland’s most feared gang – The 100. Before that, he was a corrupt politician brought down by Alvin Pierce, father of Black Lightning himself Jefferson Piece (Cress Williams).

Killing Alvin and driven underground, he became a gang leader and when Black Lightning returns after an absence – Tobias emerges from the shadows to face his biggest adversary.

The series also stars Nafessa Williams and China Anne McClain as Jefferson’s daughters, Anissa and Jennifer. Christine Adams, Damon Gupton, and James Remar co-star.

RLJE Films has scored all North American rights to “Bone Tomahawk” director S. Craig Zahler’s prison drama “Brawl in Cell Block 99” with plans for a U.S. release on October 6th.

RLJE released Zahler’s acclaimed cannibal western back in 2015 and so return for this which stars Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Carpenter, Udo Kier, Marc Blucas and Don Johnson.

Vaughn plays a former boxer who loses his job as an auto mechanic, and his troubled marriage is about to end. At this crossroads in his life, he feels that he has no better option than to work for an old buddy as a drug courier.

Soon thrown in prison, his enemies force him to commit acts of violence that turn the place into a savage battleground.

“Brawl in Cell Block 99” premieres at the Venice International Film Festival before heading on to Toronto and Fantastic Fest.